Suspenders.



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W/TNEssEs L s. MARTIN. SUSPENDERS.

APPLIOATINIVILED 0021212l 1911` Patented 0013.29, 1912.-

./'N VEN T OR 6mm@ mmm 1 cation, reference being lthe nonelastic without causing any roughened orenlarged' lpcnders together.

i UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEFIoE.

SIDNEY MARTIN," or cHELsEA, `IvI'AssaacIIUsETTs -sUsPENnEEs c Speci! cation of Letterslatenti Application ineaI oet-ober 12, 1911.

seiai No. 654,360.

tain new and usefullmprovementsin Sus` penders, of which the followingfis av specifihadv therein to the accompanying drawing.

' This invention relates to Suspenders intended to be used by men engaged in severe manual labor, and has for its object the production of a simple vand eiiicient means whereby elastic strips may be connected to portions of the Suspenders places upon the body engaging faces of the Suspenders. l

Another object of this linvention is the production of a Suspenders, the v.straps'of which are formed from a woven tubular cotton seamless web thereby forminga strong strip without having any folded-portions for wearing against t-he body. y

In the drawings :Figure l isa planview of the back of the Suspenders. Fig. 2 is a plan view ot the under side of the suspendere. F ig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the strap carrying the loop strap. Fig. a is a transverse section taken through one of the lstrips from which the Suspenders are made snowing the two sides Hat or in'- FIg. 5 1s a trans-'- their Ynormal position. verse section through one of the straps showing the sides bulged to more clearly bri-ng out the construction of the straps. is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View taken throng.. Ione of the straps showing whereby the elastic means are attached 'tov l havegtheir .edges vfolded underV slightly and The Suspenders consist of two cross frontthe tube straps.

straps l and rear tabs 2, which tabs are connected to the front straps l by means of elastic strips 3. One of the front straps 1 is provided near its rear end and upon 'its outer face with a loop-strap 4 which crosses the other front strap as illustrated inFig.' l for holding the two members of the sus- The rear tabs 2 are provided with'button holes 5 .for allowing the rear tabs to be' connected to the rear of the trousers and the front straps-carry at their, forward ends button' engaging f clipslgof,V The button.holes" 5 are barred or stitched'-'zi'g'za'g1acrossl .pt heirvj. edges so aste do awayiwth the necessity of;

any desired construction.'

`or trimming for the edge of the Suspenders.

Fig. 6

' the slightest ortion'which may turning the edges under to form a smooth edge.v The straps l, as well as the tabs 2 yare formed from a woven tubular cotton seamless web so as to do away with an rough places appearing upon the strips or tabs whereby the body of the wearer willI be rubbed, as usually occurs with the ordinar ,.suspenders wherein two strips are used to orm the sections ofthe Suspenders and are stitched along their edges. An elastic strip Patented oet. 29,1912.

3 as previously 4described isinterposed bei' tween the front members land' the tabs 2, and has its ends walls of the tubular portion out of which the strap and tabs are made.. The edge of the tabs 2 andstraps l are barred or stitched zigzag so as'to form a' smooth surface along the edge of the straps or tabs and also rmly. hold the elastic in engagement with the ends of the straps l and tabs 2. By having the elastic strips attached to the tubular seamlesswebs as just described, it will not be necessary to turn the edges of the seamless webs under for forming a neat edge and preventing the Awebs. from unraveling for the threads being zigzag or barred as is commonly termed will form an eiiicient binding of the seamless webs, -and the barring is so constructed 'as to cause the heaviest part of the stitching to appear upon the top oi the `Suspenders thereby forminga substantially flush underl j face valong the entire length of the section The end of the loopstrap 4L is row of barred stitching 7, in :the same manner as described in connection with the securingv means "of the straps with the elastic j stripsgi*The'lower ends of the rear tabs 2 are 4vbarred inthe same manner as described .in.'connecti01 i with the elastic strips and the straps l ofthe Suspenders.

F rom the foregoin description it will be-obvious that ane cient Abeen produced whereby a smooth under surface will be-presented for allowing the same placed between the side A I secured vto the front strap l by a suspender has -to-be wornwith ease. It is very undesirable to `weer Suspenders: which are-provided with be likely to rubupon the ody, especially wherethe suspenders lconsists of a pair ,ofstrips securedv l together. along theiry outer edges. The rese entl invention is, therefore, especially adapt- 'ed..ft`o.beused in connection with cheaply made suspenders preferalt 1y formed or many ufaotured "from the ordnry'oyerll Ina- :turned and stitohd together with barred' teral, and by the construotrou of the suspendens in the' manner a's above Specified 'not only a saving will be eected for the munu faoture,`but also an cient suspender n'll be produed Wthoutuhavng any purtvs'yvhch Having thus 1des'crloe invention what s'olaimedsh-fa A button tab formed of a, .tubular web, the outerend ofi said-'weh-havng: its edges stitching, 'a .strap nsertedintothe inner end of th tubular web and'soured thereto with barred` Sttohng, and a.' butt-on hole formed by'cutting through bothples oisid tubular web. and stitched around with barredpstitc'hf -ingffor preventing any rough places appearnr upon the Suspenders which would he llk'e'ly't' rub upon the Wearers body.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my slgnature 1n presence of two Wltnesses.

A l T USDNEY MARTXN. vWitnerfsesf A, L. M. CUNNrNGHAM, HENRY K.GN1EKEN.

Commissioner of Patents,' 

